§ 40-08-01 City council – Who constitutes
§ 40-08-02 Governing body is judge of election and qualifications of members
§ 40-08-03 Number of council members
§ 40-08-04 Election of council members
§ 40-08-04.2 Election at large of council members from wards – Option
§ 40-08-05 Qualifications of council members
§ 40-08-06 Term of office of council members – Staggered terms provided for in cities where other than ten council members elected
§ 40-08-07 Compensation of council members
§ 40-08-08 Vacancies on council – How filled
§ 40-08-09 Restrictions on members of council
§ 40-08-10 Meetings of council – Regular, special, and for organization
§ 40-08-11 When president and vice president of council elected
§ 40-08-13 Presiding officer of council in absence or disability of mayor – President of council
§ 40-08-14 Mayor – Qualifications – Term
§ 40-08-15 Compensation of mayor
§ 40-08-16 Vacancy in office of mayor – Filled by election or by council – President of council to be acting mayor
§ 40-08-17 Absence or disability of mayor – Acting mayor
§ 40-08-18 Mayor to preside at council meetings – Voting power of mayor
§ 40-08-19 Mayor may remove appointive officers – Reasons for removal to be given
§ 40-08-20 Mayor may suppress disorder and keep peace
§ 40-08-22 Mayor to perform duties prescribed by law – Enforce laws and ordinances
§ 40-08-23 Inspection of books, records, and papers of city by mayor
§ 40-08-24 Ordinance or resolution signed or vetoed by mayor
§ 40-08-25 Messages to council
§ 40-08-26 Mayor may call on residents to aid in enforcing ordinances
§ 40-08-27 Police chief and police officers appointed by mayor
§ 40-08-28 Mayor may administer oaths
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 40-08 - Governing Body and Executive Officer in Council Cities

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • qualified elector: means a citizen of the United States who is eighteen years of age or older; and is a resident of this state and of the area affected by the petition. See North Dakota Code 1-01-51
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33